Shino x Kiba and Neji x Shikamaru have been almost completely ignored on this site and I aim to fix that.

Now... a bit about me, I guess. I was reading A Vampire's Butterfly's profile and saw that she had the same belief that I did when I first started writing. "Can I really become a serious writer but have a profile and run around leaving reviews anywhere I want?"

My answer was: no, I can't. Because then that would seem like favoritism. I can't have favorited stories, I can't have favorited authors... etc. etc. I've relaxed a lot since then, as you may have noticed I have a favorited author and a number of favorited stories now. I've made a point of responding to reviews and leaving reviews on anything I read.

The bio, however, never really said much about me.

Butterfly's resonse to our question of author-hood was "fuck it".

So, "Fuck it," I'm going to post a real bio.

I'm not going to disclose my real name, but the nickname most of my friends know me by is "Casild", or "Cas" or "Cassi" (yes, there are nicknames for my nicknames...). You can use any of those if you want, since they're all shorter than "Archaic Aphorism". I'm fifteen and a sophomore in high school. I'm short, energetically lazy (if that's possible), school-smart but street-dumb, with short brown hair. I'm half asian... which is insanely lame, because then all the asian kids don't like me and all the American kids are like, "Ching ching choooong!" (which, by the way, is the most annoying thing in the world. Do an asian a favor and don't say that the next time you see one).

I have a little sister whom I adore (strangely, since all we do is bicker over the computer, heheh) and a white cat whose name is Thomas. I love him, even though he's an idiot and runs into walls all the time.

Um, let's see... I guess there's not much else to say. 'Cept I love BETA'ing, though when I get down to really critiqing something, I'm not very nice. I've been known to say, "Ew, that paragraph sucks. Fix it or cut it." Though, that phrase is usually followed by five or six lines of suggestions, heh.

I like to roleplay, too. And I've been craving some kind of co-author story with someone. So if anyone wants to roleplay or do a co-author story with me, I'm way up for it ^.^

The only pairings I hate are:
SasuNaru;
ShikaTema;
ShikaIno; and
NejiTen.

I can stomach almost everything else.

Some other fun stuff... my two favorite Naruto AMVs (that I've seen... I'm sure there are other good ones). Both are by the amazing Yorae.

ObseSsion - Kimimaro ficvid, based on Hebi no Tsubaki by The Ambitious BlankWa Tara ~And He Flew~ - A Beautiful Neji tribute. Helps if you search out Yorae and read the story she was trying to tell with the video, but good even if you don't.

And... yup. I think that's about it. I also draw a lot, so maybe I'll post some pictures in my bio later (my pictures are saved to the other computer). Ta ta!

When Sasuke defected to Orochimaru, Shikamaru went with him and brought Neji along for the ride.

Now Sasuke's irritated, Orochimaru's suspicious, Kabuto knows something he shouldn't, Neji is disturbed, insecure, and pissed, and Shikamaru has a hell of a lot of explaining to do and no place to do it.

Inspired by Cheysuli's Plot Bunnies, the numbers of which will be revealed at a later date so as not to give away major plot events.

Multiple pairings, but the main pairing will be Shikamaru x Neji; eventually.

Hinata just wanted to impress Naruto, Shikamaru just wanted a new Shogi partner.

He ended up with a bit more than he expected.

[Um... it's not Hinata x Shikamaru, even though it sounds like it. It's Neji x Shikamaru, as always. This was my first fic for not only the fandom of Naruto, but also for the fanpairing Neji x Shikamaru!]

Shikamaru liked sane people. Like Chouji or Neji and sometimes Iruka. Not like Ino or Kiba and sometimes Lee, Shino, Tenten, Sasuke Sakura NarutoIrukaKakashiTsunade- the list went on.

[oneshot, dark, Neji x Shikamaru, insanity, no the title isn't a typo]Dedicated to Hey-Diddle-Diddle for absolutely no reason other than that I love her oneshots and often find inspiration to write from her stories.

Summary: Most ninja come from long lineages of shinobi, often acquiring a blood-line limit or clan jutsu from their parents. Very rarely does someone from a family with no shinobi history or roots become a shinobi, but when a brilliant girl from a modest middle-class family in Konoha is introduced to the world of shinobi a new clan must be named in Konoha. Being a shinobi is no easy task and she must deal with many obstacles and much tragedy; is she cut out for the life of a shinobi?